Desmond David Hume is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost portrayed by Henry Ian Cusick. Desmond's name is a tribute to David Hume, the famous empiricist author and philosopher. Desmond was not a passenger of Flight 815.

He had been stranded on the island three years prior to the crash as the result of a shipwreck. Desmond eventually leaves the Island with the Oceanic 6 and is reunited with his love Penny Widmore (Sonya Walger). He is currently in hiding from her father, Charles Widmore (Alan Dale).

Desmond is originally from Glasgow, Scotland and is a huge fan of Celtic Football Club. After being engaged to a woman named Ruth (Joanna Bool) for six years, Desmond gets cold feet one week before the wedding. He passes out due to binge drinking and wakes up to find a monk named Brother Campbell (Andrew Connolly).

Desmond decides to join the monastery, feeling a higher calling. Shortly after completing his vow of silence, he is assaulted by Ruth's brother. He meets with Ruth who chastises him for breaking her heart.

Guilt ridden, he breaks into the monastery's wine cellar and starts to drink. As a result, Brother Campbell dismisses him from the order. Before he leaves, Brother Campbell asks him to perform a final service for the order, assisting Penny by loading a number of cases of wine into her car.

The two feel an immediate attraction, and she asks for his help in unloading the wine in Carlisle. Two years later, they move into an apartment together. Desmond visits Penny's father Charles to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage.

While stating his appreciation for the bold gesture, Charles makes his disapproval of Desmond clear, saying he was not good enough for her. After being unable to pay for a photograph taken with Penny, Desmond believes he can't support himself nor Penny and, thinking she deserves better, breaks up with her. In an attempt to prove himself to Charles, Desmond joins the Royal Scots Regiment of the British Army..During his basic training, Desmond would experience a temporal displacement from himself in 2004, appearing disorientated in his time transits.

Desmond was able to remember enough to follow instructions given to him by Daniel Farraday, whom he tracks down at Oxford University. Farraday is able to give Desmond a clear course on how to find a 'constant' memory from both 1996 and 2004 in order to save himself. Desmond would track down Penelope, whom believed she and Desmond were over with, but Desmond is able to convince Penelope to give him her phone number, saving his life in 2004.

After being imprisoned for an unknown crime, Desmond is dishonorably discharged from the army. Outside the prison, Desmond is greeted by Charles, who admits to confiscating all the letters Desmond wrote to Penny, and attempts to bribe him to leave her alone. Desmond travels to the United States, where he meets Libby (Cynthia Watros).

She gives Desmond her boat when he reveals that in order to win his true love, he must win a boating race, funded by Charles Widmore. Before setting off, Desmond goes to train at a stadium in Los Angeles; where he is confronted by Penny, upset that he had not contacted her since getting out of prison. He asks her to wait for him for one more year, when the race would have ended.

He promptly leaves to run the stadium. While training in the stadium, he meets Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) for the first time. After he enters the race, his boat is caught in a ferocious storm, and he is eventually knocked unconscious.

Similar to 0 things you like: